Who invented the snare drum?

Answer 1

In New Orleans in the late 1800's and early 1900's the African origins of the black musicians mixed with the sounds of military bands and possibly Spanish and French dance music. Unfortunately for history, there were no recordings of the formative years .Prominent drummers in the earliest recorded jazz were Baby Dodds and Paul Barbarin.

Answer 2

Community Answer 1

Contrary to popular belief, the drum was not invented in Africa. The oldest drums we know of were discovered in the region that would have been ancient Mesopotamia, in what is today's Iraq, and are around 4500 to 8000 years old. These drums were very different from and have almost no relation at all to the modern drum set.

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Community Answer 2

Drums were discovered at around the time of 6000 BC. Basically since the dawn of man drums have been used as war signals or for musical, fun purposes.

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Community Answer 3

Drums have been around for thousands of years in many different cultures.

Early uses included military use.

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Community Answer 4

The drum is the oldest instrument. We don't know who created them.

Answer 3

The steel drum itself wasn't necessarily invented by any one person, it evolved slowly in Trinidad by people using old oil cans and biscuit tins as drums. Slowly, the can would become so dented that multiple tones could be discerned. The first person to make a chromatic steel drum out of the modern 55-gallon oil drum was Ellie Mannette. Ellie currently resides in the US and his company is the leading manufacturer of Steel Pan drums in the United States.

The instrument is made from oil drums but it is called "Steel Pan" or "Pan" not "steel drum".

Answer 4

it is said that William James Adams invented drumming way back in the day day.but it was stolen from him by Keith harris.William James Adams sued Keith harris which by the way was the first law suit ever by the way.William James Adams lost the suit because Keith harris had a better lawyer.most field African slaves could not afford proper representation.Keith harris being a house African slave had access to a good lawyer.Keith harris eventually sold out to the Japanese man.what would have been harris drums, turned out to be tama drums.

both Adams and harris estate are currently in litigation.

all true musical historians know William James Adams invented drumming.

Answer 5

The oldest drum that we have discovered so far originated from ancient Mesopotamia, from somewhere around 6,000 BCE.
Therefore we assume drums originated from Ancient Mesopotamia, because the oldest drum discovered so far was found from that era, in what is today part of modern-day Iraq.

However that does not strictly mean drums definitely originated from Ancient Mesopotamia, it is very possible that they were invented earlier. But this is the earliest evidence we have of drums so far.

As for the "who" exactly, we may never know. Accurate records from ancient eras do not exist. Most of what we know about the ancients is through Archaeology.

Answer 6

the snare drums were played by the military but the inventer of the snare drums is to be unknown were ery sorry to all of those folks out there.

Answer 7

The drum is the oldest instrument ever. It would probably be impossible to find out who made it.

Answer 8

Africans invented the drum. William Ludwig made it possible to have a drum SET--he invented the bass pedal. Louie Bellson was the first to play two bass drums.